Astronomy
Night Sky Preview for April 2013
Here's a quick overview from Jane Houston Jones from JPL of what you can see in the night skies during…
How to Reconstruct the Life of a Star
It takes time to understand the life of stars. A star like our Sun takes tens of millions of years…
New Stars: Blazing and Blue
A new image from ESO shows a pretty sprinkling of bright blue stars, the star cluster NGC 2547, a group…
Book Review: Vistas of Many Worlds
While many astronomy books are based around images that show us how the Universe appears to us right now, as…
Book Review: Your Ticket to the Universe
Every once in a while an astronomy book comes out that combines stunning high-definition images from the world's most advanced…
Why You’ll Never See a Red Comet Like in ‘Game of Thrones’
A blood-red comet appears in the sky. People quake in its wake. This phenomenon, which happens in the second season…
A Guide to Help You See Comet PANSTARRS at its Brightest
This is the big week so many of us in the northern hemisphere have been waiting for. Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS,…
Book Review: African Cosmos
In 1986, Halley's Comet captivated a teenager living in a small South African town. Curious about what his nation does…
Nearby Ancient Star is Almost as Old as the Universe
A metal-poor star located merely 190 light-years from the Sun is 14.46+-0.80 billion years old, which implies that the star is…
In Reality, Nebulae Offer No Place for Spaceships to Hide
In the Battlestar: Galactica universe, nebulas are a nifty spot to hide from the Cylons that are plotting to kill…